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The show, which is running at the Corey Helford Gallery, follows the exploits of a famous big-game hunter named Verti Parker (here's a ton of background material). Verti invents a music box that can lure nightmares out someone's mind and into the real world, where Verti then hunts them.

Pardee's been documenting the different nightmare manifestations in various art forms. The exhibit of Verti Parker's kills will contain sculptures, illustrations, paintings (each with their own backstory), nightmare artifacts, video, the actual music box he used to exorcise the nightmares, and an eight-foot taxidermy monster. Here's a little taste of what you'll see in this video short (directed by frequent Zerofriends collaborator Stephen Reedy):